American Mutoscope & Biograph Movie Trailers
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He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not Trailer (1903)
19 August 1903
A study in moods. A handsome girl is plucking the petals of a daisy, and repeating the well-known doggerel.
The Black Viper Trailer (1908)
21 July 1908
A thug accosts a girl as she leaves her workplace but a man rescues her. The thug vows revenge and, with the help of two friends, attacks the girl and her rescuer again as they're going for a walk.
The Diamond Star Trailer (1911)
20 February 1911
When John Wilson comes home drunk, his marriage collapses, and he agrees to live separately from his wife in their apartment.
Just Like a Woman Trailer (1912)
18 April 1912
When the suitor of the daughter of an apparently wealthy widow finds out that the oil stocks, in which her late husband's fortune is invested, are worthless, he finds the daughter less attractive.
The Ghost Train Trailer (1901)
01 January 1901
Special effects film with a train double exposed on the negative, creating a ghostly image.
Her First Adventure Trailer (1908)
18 March 1908
A father arrives home, greets his wife and daughter, and then goes inside with his wife. Though they are only inside for a brief time, their daughter wanders off, attracted by the music from a pair of gypsies performing in the street.
At the Top of Brooklyn Bridge Trailer (1897)
01 December 1897
Panorama from the Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge, 1897.
The Restoration Trailer (1909)
08 November 1909
A husband suspects his wife of an affair. The wife's cousin borrows a shawl to meet her lover in the garden.
The Voice of the Violin Trailer (1909)
18 March 1909
A music teacher is in love with Helen, one of his students, but she rejects him. In his hurt he joins an anarchist group who plan to blow up a rich capitalist's house.
The Indian Brothers Trailer (1911)
16 July 1911
A renegade Indian kills a chief who has insulted him. The chief's brother swears vengeance and pursues the renegade, overtaking him just in time to rescue him from another tribe who are angry with him for stealing a horse.
The Stage Rustler Trailer (1908)
10 July 1908
Mack Sennett appears as a man in a bar in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
A Child's Impulse Trailer (1910)
27 June 1910
Mrs. Thurston, a socially ambitious widow, is holding one of her famous Bohemian parties. To these functions are invited the leading lights of the several professions, actors, artists, musicians, etc.
An Execution by Hanging Trailer (1898)
06 July 1898
A depiction in the hanging of Edward Heinson, an assumed criminal assault convict in Jacksonville, Florida.
Under the Gaslight Trailer (1914)
01 December 1914
Heroine Laura suffers spectacularly as her romance with her soldier sweetheart is destroyed by malicious gossip.
The Dewey Arch Trailer (1899)
10 October 1899
A view of the arch from Fifth Avenue, the day after the great Dewey parade, showing the crowd of sight-seers, traffic, etc.
The Stolen Jewels Trailer (1908)
29 September 1908
It would have taken more than the wonderful powers of deduction of a Sherlock Holmes to have dispelled the mystery that shrouded the disappearance of a case of jewels at the home of Robert Jenkins, a wealthy stockbroker, and although they were eventually brought to light, it was through a most remarkable accident.
At the Crossroads of Life Trailer (1908)
02 July 1908
At the Crossroads of Life is a typically Victorian-style melodrama in which a girl's wishes to be an actress are condemned by her stern father, a man of the cloth who has no time for those in the acting profession.
Tying Up Bags for Train, U.S.P.O. Trailer (1903)
01 August 1903
Another short entry in a series about the banality of postal delivery.
Mr. Jones at the Ball Trailer (1908)
25 December 1908
Mr. Jones at the Ball is a 1908 American silent short comedy film, part of the once-popular Biograph series centered around the titular Jones and his long-suffering wife.
A Blast at the Solvay Quarries Trailer (1898)
01 January 1898
Miners at the Solvay Quarries leave their drilling machine to flee from a planned blast in the rock face.
Those Little Flowers Trailer (1913)
31 July 1913
Quite harmless in themselves, but when Mrs. Ronald G. Saunders saw her faithless lord purchasing the innocent blossoms, she was for a divorce right away.
Casting a Guide Box Trailer (1904)
01 May 1904
A large bucket full of molten material is poured into a large container, possibly a mold, by a group of men using machinery.
President McKinley's Inspection of Camp Wikoff Trailer (1898)
20 September 1898
This picture has been very popular wherever it has been shown on the Biograph. To begin with, the film is unusually fine photographically, and the picture is taken from a point of view which shows the immense distances of Camp Wikoff with its multitude of tents in the background.
Around the Big Curves on the Manhattan Elevated R.R. Trailer (1899)
25 March 1899
Taken from the front end of a locomotive following an express train at high speed around the high curves of the Ninth Avenue Elevated, from the 104th to 116th Street station.
Where the Breakers Roar Trailer (1908)
22 September 1908
A group of collegiates decide to go for a splash. A lunatic, having escaped from a nearby asylum, heads for the surf, brandishing a knife.
Anna Held Trailer (1901)
23 May 1901
Stage star Anna Held (1872-1918) riffs on her once-famous scene from the comedy Papa's Wife (1899-1901) featuring a naif getting tipsy on her first champagne, in this "photographic interview", filmed in 68mm by Frederick S.
Skating in Central Park Trailer (1900)
01 February 1900
An interesting view of Central Park before there was a skyline of buildings. All along the length of the park on both sides and to the north, with the exception of the Dakota Apartments located at 72nd Street and Central Park West, It was virtually impossible to see anything other than sky above the trees.
The President's Carriage Trailer (1903)
01 June 1903
We have just received from our operators accompanying President Roosevelt on his great tour of the Pacific Coast, a splendid series of films covering his reception in San Francisco.
Moulin Rouge Dancers Trailer (1898)
22 May 1898
Four women dressed in the costume of the era perform a can-can. They were photographed from a single camera position.
The Face at the Window Trailer (1910)
10 May 1910
Like his father before him, Ralph is admitted to the Graduate Club upon completing his studies at the university.
Wounded Soldiers Embarking in Row Boats Trailer (1898)
30 July 1898
This picture was taken after the battle of Las Guaymas, and shows a large number of wounded soldiers embarking in a rowboat from an extemporized dock.
Aguinaldo's Navy Trailer (1900)
01 May 1900
A splendid scene, showing a large number of curious Filipino boats being worked on the Pasig River near Manila by natives.
Kindergarten Ball Game Trailer (1904)
01 November 1904
Basically, all we see is a group of kids of varying ages bouncing toy balls on the classroom floor then throwing them up in the air.
A Perilous Proceeding Trailer (1901)
30 September 1901
At a building being constructed at Broadway and 13th Street in Manhattan, a boom or crane from which a platform is suspended on a cable first pulls the platform up, then swings it out from the top floor where it's been resting, and then gradually lowers it seven-plus stories to the ground below.
Parke Davis' Employees Trailer (1899)
30 July 1899
Showing the employees leaving the factory at noon.
Hurdle Jumping; by Trained Dogs Trailer (1899)
27 July 1899
"An exhibition of Prof. Leonidas's trained animals. A cat is stretched across two chairs, and a number of dogs of different breeds jump over her.
The Lady in Black Trailer (1913)
11 September 1913
Behold in this film the villain up to his dirty work again, but if you watch the persistent young hero carefully, you will see him gallantly rescue the lady in black about to be burned at the stake, while at the same time he saved the fair heroine from the mad ambition of her father about to marry her to the dastardly ex-governor of Utah.
The Ingrate Trailer (1908)
20 November 1908
A hunter lost in the Northern woods is rescued by a trapper and his wife. He makes advances to the wife, is rejected, and tries to kill the trapper.
His Ward's Love Trailer (1909)
15 February 1909
Reverend Howson loves his young ward, but urges her to marry someone else. She accepts the proposal, but then sees the Reverend kissing an object she has dropped, and realizes he loves her.
Military Exercise - Aldershot Trailer (1898)
18 February 1898
Military subjects were consistent crowd-pleasers, and this film showing a near fatal accident was especially popular.
Deceived Slumming Party Trailer (1908)
31 July 1908
Mack Sennett appears as a policeman and waiter in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
Her Terrible Ordeal Trailer (1910)
10 January 1910
A young secretary is locked in an airtight vault by a robber. Only her boss knows the combination, and he is off on a journey.
Father Gets in the Game Trailer (1908)
09 October 1908
D.W. Griffith film about an elderly father who grows tired of seeing his son bring home beautiful women so he gets a makeover and heads out on the prowl.
The Hypnotist's Revenge Trailer (1907)
20 July 1907
The producer of "brainstorms-while-you-wait" is entertaining his audience with the antics of those under his soporific influence, when the fellow with the not-if-I-know-it expression appears and challenges the professor.
President Roosevelt at the Army-Navy Game Trailer (1901)
01 December 1901
In this picture President Roosevelt is seen crossing the field from the Navy to the Army side between the halves of the game.
Logging in Maine Trailer (1906)
18 June 1906
The subject is the movement of cut timber from the forest to the mill. The few scenes that make up the film are loggers performing the various operations necessary to prevent logs from jamming together.
Carriers Leaving Building, U.S.P.O. Trailer (1903)
30 September 1903
A group of carriers leaving a building.
The Tired Tailor's Dream Trailer (1907)
31 August 1907
A tailor falls asleep and dreams that the suit he needs to make is magically completed.
The Dairymaid's Revenge Trailer (1899)
01 January 1899
The milk of human unkindness flows in this 1899 revenge comedy from the American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, in which a put-upon dairymaid throws off the chains of patriarchal and class oppression—or rather wields them in righteous anger.
The Larrimore Case Trailer (1916)
19 April 1916
A jilted lover, ruined financially by his rival, finds himself, with the help of a junior partner, ruining the couple who rejected him.
Cancelling Machine, U.S.P.O. Trailer (1903)
01 August 1903
As a study of a man at work (sorting through a large collection of mail - presumably cancelled judging by this short's title) this film pretty much achieves what it sets out to do.
Across Brooklyn Bridge Trailer (1899)
22 May 1899
This picture is very novel and interesting. It gives the complete trip from the station at the New York City end of the bridge to the station at the Brooklyn end, as seen from the front end of a third rail car running at high speed.
How Bridget Served the Salad Undressed Trailer (1898)
30 April 1898
The serving girl is asked to serve the salad 'undressed' so she takes her clothes off before entering the dining room.
Fighting the Flames, Dreamland Trailer (1904)
01 August 1904
Dreamland was a theme park at Coney Island, Brooklyn that opened in 1904. One of its major attractions was the stunt spectacular "Fighting the Flames," which simulated a major fire at a six-story hotel and featured a cast of 2000 including 120 firefighters, who had to rescue guests jumping from windows as well as 15 people trapped on the collapsing roof.
Judging Ladies' Saddle Horses Trailer (1899)
08 May 1899
Well-known horse-women and their mounts riding before the judge's stand at the Open Air Horse Show, Manhattan Field, N.
Automobiling Among the Clouds Trailer (1904)
01 August 1904
A procession of American and European automobiles--including such makes as Daimlers, Mercedes, Stanley Steamers and Pierces-- drive up and down the steep roads on Mt.
Children in the Surf at Coney Island Trailer (1904)
18 December 1904
"Children in the Surf, Coney Island" is a very short documentary with Billy Bitzer behind the camera.
Arrival of Emigrants, Ellis Island Trailer (1906)
02 November 1906
Immigrants and boats departing and arriving at Ellis Island.